The San Francisco Giants fell to the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday afternoon. Now 29-21 on the season, San Francisco is 1.5 games back of the first place Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League West.

The Royals’ lineup answered the call Wednesday as KC earned an 8-4 victory to close out a three-game series by the bay. Team captain Salvador Perez led the charge with three hits, including a home run. The bullpen took care of the rest.

Hayden Birdsong threw five sharp innings in his first start of the season and the San Francisco Giants beat the Kansas City Royals 3-2

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Salvador Perez belted a two-run home run, Maikel Garcia and Bobby Witt Jr. also drove in a pair of runs and the Kansas City Royals completed a road-series win over the San Francisco Giants with an 8-4 romp on Wednesday afternoon.

Kris Bubic threw seven scoreless innings, losing a no-hit bid in the sixth on an official scoring change, and Vinnie Pasquantino hit a two-run homer in the eighth as the Kansas City Royals got past the San Francisco Giants 3-1.

Its Wednesday, May 21 and the Royals (27-23) are in San Francisco to take on the Giants (29-20). Daniel Lynch is slated to take the mound for Kansas City against Logan Webb for San Francisco.

SAN FRANCISCO — Kris Bubic’s no-hit bid for the Kansas City Royals ended with an official scoring change Monday night. The left-hander hardly let that bother him. Bubic made a run at an historic homecoming before settling for seven shutout innings of two-hit ball in a 3-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants.

The San Francisco Giants and Kansas City Royals meet on Wednesday with the winner claiming the three-game series.